Eric Adams accuses Bill de Blasio of limiting New York’s federal budget to migrants

Thanks a lot, Bill!

Mayor Eric Adams puts the blame for the city’s current budget problems, including a whopping $4 billion estimated to cost the escalating migration crisis, on predecessor Bill de Blasio, saying he budgeted long-term investments using “temporary money”.

On Friday, Hizzoner criticized his predecessor for creating “permanent things for temporary money” — so-called federal stimulus funds — that are now running out fast.

“There are a few things that pop up that really keep me awake at night. First, it’s a financial cliff that we’re about to hit,” Adams said in an interview with The Reset Show for Caribbean Power Jam.

“The previous administration put permanent things on temporary money. Federal government stimulus ends [2025]. It’s gone,” Adams continued, adding that he now needs to revise the ledgers to avoid a budget deficit.

The huge price tag of the Biden administration’s migration crisis is one of Adams’ major budget concerns.

“Look at the asylum crisis, 1.4 billion this fiscal year, 2.8 billion next fiscal year is just not possible,” the mayor said.

“It’s not sustainable.”

So far, the Big Apple has received only a measly 1% of the $1 billion Adams called for to help cover housing and service costs for the influx of migrants that flooded the city amid the Biden border crisis.

In December, the Federal Emergency Management Agency provided $7.89 million, with an additional $2 million provided by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY).

As of last Sunday, about 44,500 migrants have flooded into the city since spring, of which 28,800 are living in 86 temporary shelters and processing centers.

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